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Unsilencing a Gene
Tia Ghose | Dec 21, 2011 | 3 min read
Scientists have found a way to reactivate a gene in mice that is silenced in a neurodevelopmental disorder called Angelman syndrome.
SYNGAP1 helps neurons eliminate old synapses and form new ones after a novel experience (left and center left)—a process weakened in mice missing a copy of the gene (center right and right).
Autism-Linked Gene SYNGAP1 Molds Synaptic Plasticity, Learning
Angie Voyles Askham, Spectrum | Oct 26, 2021 | 4 min read
The finding may help to explain why people with SYNGAP1 mutations tend to have learning difficulties and a high tolerance for pain.
Week in Review: March 17–21
Tracy Vence | Mar 20, 2014 | 3 min read
Protein appears to protect stressed neurons; vitamin A’s lifelong effects on immunity; stem cells influenced by substrates; supercharged photosynthesis through nanotechnology
Nanotech Dreams
Jeffrey Perkel | Mar 3, 2002 | 9 min read
Nanotechnology hit the big time in July 1995, when it debuted on the television show, The Outer Limits. In an episode entitled "The New Breed," a scientist develops nanorobots capable of repairing damaged cells and correcting physical defects. But, like any good morality play, the experiment goes horribly wrong, turning a panacea into a nightmare. Clearly, nanotechnology makes for good science fiction, but scientists have been working to make it an interesting reality, too. Nanotechnology refers
How a Memory Is Made
Molly Sharlach | Nov 13, 2014 | 3 min read
Transcription factor levels dictate which neurons in a network store a memory.
Brains in Action
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2014 | 10+ min read
Neuroscientists are automating neural imaging and recording, allowing them to monitor increasingly large swaths of the brain in living, behaving animals.
 
The Four R's
Amy Norton | Nov 21, 2004 | 7 min read
Teams at each of New York City's leading universities are making important research advances.
Notebook
Steve Bunk | Nov 7, 1999 | 7 min read
Content Jumping DNA Semen pharming Screening for heart risk Real-time signaling PubSCIENCE starts, PubMedCentral grows When time stands still Shutting down the pump Brain gain JUMPING DNA Mutations aren't transmitted only by inheritance--they can cross species, too, according to recent findings by John F. McDonald, head of the genetics department at the University of Georgia (I.K. Jordan et al., "Evidence for the recent horizontal transfer of long terminal repeat retrotransposon," Proceedings of
Ten Technologies in Five Years
Sam Jaffe(sjaffe@the-scientist.com) | Dec 5, 2004 | 8 min read
When scientists make long-term research plans, they must try to anticipate how emerging technologies will influence their work in the coming years.

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